"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter

"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia

Im thinking the difference is Jer hits the note of F# while Bob is in chords there. It could be heard either way when they play together. This happens alot where Jerry just touches on a riff or line and Bob plays half a chord or hits in the chord frame.

I'm in the F#m crowd - at the moment . As a matter of fact I pretty much riff over it and I don't think jerry takes a stand at all on either the C#m or the F#m as far as the 3rd is concerned as he riffs the 1-5-1 power chord arpeggio over this part - as far as I can hear anyway. I'll tab it in a bit.

Tennessee Jedi wrote:The way Bill has the F# tabbed its not minor or major right ?

Correct - as I said, as I here jg riffin there sounds like he's not playing the minor or major 3rd, but the 1-5-1 power chord arpeggio for both the C#m and the F#m - as I said I still think they're both minor chords though.

Tennessee Jedi wrote:The way Bill has the F# tabbed its not minor or major right ?

Correct - as I said, as I here jg riffin there sounds like he's not playing the minor or major 3rd, but the 1-5-1 power chord arpeggio for both the C#m and the F#m - as I said I still think they're both minor chords though.

Please put on a good quality Brent-era version of this song. The major 3rd is there, clear as a bell, in every version I listened to (15, at least) and I'm talking about JG's guitar. I'm no dummy. It's there.

"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter

"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia

"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter

"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia

"Once in awhile, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - R. Hunter

"If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously." - Jerry Garcia

That first link at the 1:25 mark has it pretty clearly. I don't hear a 3rd - minor or major. Root, 5th, root. Pretty much like I tabbed. Not sure how you're either right or a dummy - I never accused you of being dumb. In the immortal words of King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail - "We'll call it a draw"